A Guide to the Design and Conduct of Dengue Serosurveys (WHO/IVB/17.07)

by WHO (50 pages) in English -- 12 Jun 2017

In this document, considerations are provided on designing and implementing a cross-sectional serosurvey using school-based sampling to estimate age-specific DENV seroprevalence to inform a country’s national dengue vaccination program. The document includes suggestions for methods for planning and conducting serosurveys, including survey design, specimen collection, laboratory testing, data analysis, and the interpretation and reporting of results.